Experience

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  American Electric Power

  • Abilene, Texas

  • Engineer I

    • Jun 2000 - Present
    • Abilene, Texas

    Planning Engineer: Perform bulk distribution system planning for operating subsidiary Texas North Company including load and financial forecasting and development of project roposals.Presented in workshop sessions at SWEDE Conference, 2009, 2010.

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  Central and South West

  • Abilene, Texas

  • Senior Engineer

    • Nov 1996 - Jun 2000
    • Abilene, Texas

    Planning Engineer: Perform bulk distribution system planning for operating subsidiary Texas North Company (formerly West Texas Utilities), including load and financial forecasting and development of project proposals.• Reduced capital budget expenditures by approximately $2 million over three yea...

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  West Texas Utilities

  • Manager, Technical Services

    • May 1994 - Nov 1996

    Manager, Technical Services: Directed 27 personnel in six diverse areas: Drafting and Mapping, Stores, Customer Accounting, Right of Way, Distribution Engineering, and Process Improvement. • Project Manager, new CIS System.• Chaired Distribution Operations Committee

  • Manager of Engineering Standards

    • May 1991 - May 1994

    Directed 3 Engineers, 4 Drafters. • Chaired Distribution and Transmission Standards Committees. • Managed ongoing transition to automated mapping system. • Served on corporate Compatible Units Map Symbols Standardization team.

  • Engineer II through Senior Engineer

    • Jan 1979 - May 1991

    • Aided Operating Divisions in operations, engineering and policy areas. • Served on Distribution Standards Committee.• Served on End User Computing Technology Focus Group• Served on Fourth Generation Language Project Team. • Responsible for company wide distribution planning. • Established use of metal oxide surge arresters for distribution use through research and recommendations.• Evaluated distribution analysis software and made purchase recommendation; recommendation accepted. • Computerized monthly Construction Work in Progress report; reduced preparation from 2 days to 20 minutes. • Designed and implemented Work Order Logging and Distribution Capacitor Tracking systems. • Taught part of in house Line Service Training course. • Consulted with 3 operating districts on technical and procedural problems. • Prepared and presented technical paper at Annual Power Distribution Conference, Austin, Texas, 1983.

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  Oklahoma State University

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Assistant Professor of Electrical Power Technology

    • Aug 1978 - Dec 1978

    Taught upper level courses in controls, surveying and circuit analysis. • Reorganized course content and lab experiments for controls class. • Designed lab experiments for controls course.

  • Research Associate

    • Aug 1976 - Aug 1978

    Developed multimedia course materials and traveling laboratory experiments for “Introduction to Electric Distribution”, a continuing education program.

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  Central Rural Electric Cooperative

  • Stillwater, Oklahoma

  • Engineer

    • Mar 1976 - Aug 1976
    • Stillwater, Oklahoma

    Managed department of 5 employees. • Reorganized work order records, decreasing access time from 1 hour to 5 minutes. • Performed engineering studies.

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  Oklahoma Electric Cooperative

  • Norman, Oklahoma

  • System Engineer

    • Jul 1971 - Mar 1976
    • Norman, Oklahoma

    Supervised ten line-staking personnel (1974-76). • Wrote majority of “Terms and Conditions of Service”, filed with Oklahoma Corporation Commission. • Designed and implemented overcurrent protection system. • Inspected contractors' construction work. • Performed engineering studies.